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Species

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Learn what each species is like, find out where it lives in the wild, and plan your next sighting — all in one place.

2,565

Species documented

224

Countries with recorded wildlife

1,337

Parks connected

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Apex predators187speciesGiants of nature57speciesThreatened species515speciesNight life768speciesBig cats39speciesPolar wildlife74speciesEndemic species6speciesThe Big Five6species

Conservation

Showing 23 species · Wadi Rum

Showing 23 species · Wadi Rum

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Not Evaluated

Desert Locust

Schistocerca gregaria

HerbivoreDiurnalColonial
Least Concern

Orange-tailed Skink

Eumeces schneideri

OmnivoreDiurnalSolitary
Least Concern

Palestine Sunbird

Cinnyris osea

NectarivoreDiurnalIn pairs
Vulnerable

Egyptian Spiny-tailed Lizard

Uromastyx aegyptia

HerbivoreDiurnalSolitary
Least Concern

Desert Monitor

Varanus griseus

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary
Least Concern

Sinai Rosefinch

Carpodacus synoicus

HerbivoreDiurnalBird
Least Concern

Trumpeter Finch

Bucanetes githagineus

HerbivoreDiurnalIn pairs
Vulnerable

Arabian Oryx

Oryx leucoryx

HerbivoreCrepuscularVulnerable
Least Concern

Long-eared Hedgehog

Hemiechinus auritus

OmnivoreNocturnalSolitary
Least Concern

Blanford's Fox

Vulpes cana

OmnivoreNocturnalIn pairs
Vulnerable

Arabian Sand Gazelle

Gazella marica

HerbivoreCrepuscularVulnerable
Least Concern

Egyptian Rousette

Rousettus aegyptiacus

FrugivoreNocturnalColonial
Least Concern

Lesser Egyptian Jerboa

Jaculus jaculus

HerbivoreNocturnalSolitary
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Verreaux's EagleLeast Concern

Verreaux's Eagle

Aquila verreauxii

CarnivoreDiurnalIn pairs
48 countries16 parks
CaracalLeast Concern

Caracal

Caracal caracal

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
74 countries13 parks
Striped HyaenaNear Threatened

Striped Hyaena

Hyaena hyaena

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
76 countries16 parks
Nubian IbexVulnerable

Nubian Ibex

Capra nubiana

HerbivoreDiurnalCrepuscular
20 countries4 parks
Houbara BustardVulnerable

Houbara Bustard

Chlamydotis undulata

OmnivoreDiurnalSolitary
39 countries6 parks
Desert Horned ViperLeast Concern

Desert Horned Viper

Cerastes cerastes

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
32 countries4 parks
Desert HedgehogLeast Concern

Desert Hedgehog

Paraechinus aethiopicus

InsectivoreNocturnalSolitary
33 countries4 parks
Least Concern

Phoorsa

Echis carinatus

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
39 countries24 parks
Not Evaluated

Jericho Scorpion

Nebo hierichonticus

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
17 countries8 parks
Not Evaluated

Fattailed Scorpion

Androctonus australis

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
32 countries23 parks
Birds
Mammals
Reptiles
Bony fish
Insects
Endangered
71 countries29 parks
14 countries11 parks
19 countries13 parks
32 countries9 parks
34 countries26 parks
18 countries8 parks
12 countries19 parks
20 countries9 parks
41 countries22 parks
21 countries13 parks
22 countries12 parks
61 countries18 parks
34 countries26 parks